Hi Megan! I have read your "Before He was Voldemort" fanfiction, and I really liked it! Would it be ok if I take inspiration from your fic (borrow some elements but put my spin on it) for my upcoming Silmarillion fic? If you allow me to do so, I will credit your fic as an inspiration at the beginning of mine. I have not decided which platform I will publish my fic on, but I will most likely publish it on either Archive of Our Own (AO3) or Silmarillion Writer's Guild
Basically, my fic is a "what-if" fic about an ill-fated relationship between Annatar (Sauron in a "fair" aka attractive form) and a female elf (not from J.R.R. Tolkien's writings), set during the Second Age . Like your version of Tom Marvolo Riddle (the future Lord Voldemort), Annatar/Sauron will have to choose between love(?) and domination of Middle-Earth. Initially, he starts off manipulating the Elf character, but he ends up being irresistibly drawn to her (like Tom in your fic). I'm considering beginning and ending the fic in a similar way to yours (The Dark Lord meets the former romantic interest who is dying, he might make the female lead remember their past memories together, they talk about what could have been, she dies, and the Dark Lord leaves with his heart full of vengeance). But I will definitely avoid copying any parts of your fic!